Octopus Garden: No need to check Game 4, Brendan Shanahan

2:11 AM,
May 7, 2013

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Written by

Steve Schrader
Detroit Free Press Sports Writer

Let's see, are the Red Wings cool with Brendan Shanahan after their Game 4 win over Anaheim? Did they get the message after he sat down Justin Abdelkader for two games?

Uh-oh, maybe Niklas Kronwall didn't. He tempted the Wrath of Shanahan - and brought fans out of their seats at the Joe - with one of his signature bodychecks in the first period. But no whistle, not that it wasn't on everybody's mind.

"So Kyle Palmieri just got Kronwalled," FSD's Ken Daniels said. "Now I doublecheck for a referee's arm to see if it's going to be a second or two later, just to be sure." ...